it's underdogs everywhere. to break that record it wouldn't be enough for me. it would be for underdogs everyone and for everyone that wants to do this but are not able to for whatever reason and i'm just glad i'm able to represent the underdogs on such a huge level. >>> how about kicker kai forbath? he drove another two field goals today, one from 45 yards out, the other from 42. he's now a perfect 17-17 since joining the team back in week six breaking garrett hartley's record for consecutive field goals in his career. forbath's golden boot has helped turn the team's season around. >> awesome. i couldn't have asked for a better start and being with guys and having all the trust in them they'll get the ball down makes my job a lot easier. been happy. we've converted on all our attempts so far and take it one week at a time like we've been doing. >> to see a guy that handles himself the right way to have that kind of success, you're always rooting for him. he's a class guy, looks like he's got ice in his veins and believes he's going to make of kick and he has.

you have described phiona as the ultimate underdog, what has described as an underdog?e fact that she's from you gang da, makes her an underdog in africa because it's one of the poorer countries in africa. the fact that she's in katwe, because that's the most impoverished slum in uganda, and girls are not treated as equals to the boys. so basically every hurdle that the world can place in front of her, it has placed in front of her. >> phiona i know you lost your father from aids when you were young, but the other parts of your family, how do they feel about what's happening to you in chess? >> some of them cried, because years back, we didn't have something like that that's -- one day it can happen. so they are very excited. >> robert, does phiona's story show that chess can help lift kids out of slums all over the world? >> absolutely. because it teaches you on how to assess, on how to make decisions, obstructive thinking, forecasts, problem solving and looking at the challenges, as an opportunity, and possibly not giving up the discipline, the passions. everything, t

media day in south bend the fighting irish prepare for january 7th penn point underdogs.dame has been the underdog in big games pretty much all year long. going into it, nobody ever saw us at this point but we worked our way up from the bottom. >> i would be very very surprised if he can handle the moment i think he has enough experience this year that he can go in there and playing the game. i think everybody that watches him nose. the bulls on the road against the best western conference the grizzly's took a 15-6 into the action. tom tabasco entered a 37%... he misses the chance and he plows into a fults tide. everybody misses thefull tie, tried to make a run after a turnover. the bulls simply ran out of energy late in the game this time he does not miss the grizzlies paul away into they win 80-71 the bulls are now 13 and 10. this will drive a coach absolutely nuts. the bobcats did not score for the rest of the game. the big three put them on top the cats wind. win, happiness is a pretzel in the notre dame victory for this young man. he will go inside for the flushing h

they have the ravens as a home underdog with the giants coming to town. they're feeling good down the road in d.c. where robert griffin the third has set a new record. his jersey is the biggest seller in nfl history breaking the previous record held by brett favre. big trade in baseball today, r.a . dicke dealt from the mets to the blue jays. jim bayheim has been the coach for 36 years. two of his eight points there. syracuse wins 72-68. you pretty much do 900 of anything, you're pretty good. and you've been doing it for a long time. >> i might have done 900 of these. these. >> you probably ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> private collector hits the right note and ends up with movie history. the piano from casablanca was auctioned for more than 600,000. it was used to play as time goes by. hopefully for its new owner, it will be the start of a beautiful friendship. ,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound

. >> gladbach enter the game as underdogs, but that does not scare the coach. >> they have always beenthe best teams in europe. they have fought well and wisely, but all that does not matter to us -- us. we have a lot of respect for bayern, but we are not afraid. >> perfect conditions for a thrilling and maybe even historic rendition of a bundesliga classic. >> the english club chelsea might be out of the champions league already, but at least they have reached the final of the club world cup. they beat monterrey 3-1. an own-goal sealed the win. they will face the brazilian side in sunday's final. that is going to wrap it up for us. >> see you soon. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

extraordinary season, "sports illustrated" has honored the eagles as one of the country's accomplished underdogsmore important, what these young athletes have already won. >> what happened on the football field applies in real life. i'll always remember playing football here. of course i feel like it's going to help me become a better man. >> reporter: a message sent and received loud and clear. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's nbc "nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. we leave you tonight with a look at the rockefeller center christmas tree and a lot of folks enjoying this evening. have a great night, everyone. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. we are tracking another storm headed our way. experts say it could be the strongest of the storms to hit this wokthis week. as you can see the roads are wet. the biggest concern in most areas is flooding. we begin tonight with anthony slaughter in our weather center with a look at when this next storm is supposed to hit. hell

wind once the washington redskins host the baltimore ravens who happen to be the 2 and a half point underdogslost three games so our t -- believe they're doing that and it's all about executing and looking forward to getting it done. we're going to have our hands full but we had a great week of practice. >> be sure not to miss the beltway battle here on wjz. kickoff at 1:00 tomorrow. stay tuned for our special live postgame show immediately afterwards. we'll have highlights, reaction analysis and more right after the game here on wjz 13. college hoops from college park. south carolina state with a mighty fine jumper. he had 12 against the host maryland terrapins who are taller and more talented. 7-footer alex lynn. he had 13, 37% shooting. an early troublesome bulldog defense. logan and the terps get the hard earned win. that's the wrong score. 61-46. their eighth win in a row and it has them sitting pretty at 8 and 1. terps doing good. >> very nice. >> thanks so much mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often ha

it gave me a strong empathy with other underdogs that stuck with me all of my life.howard was actually a junior in high school when he joined the local chapters of the naacp and he diagram onstraitd -- demonstrated leadership skills, managing the campaign of the first african-american candidate for the denver school board in 1955, working for the successful passage of colorado's fair employment law land serving on naacp denver and colorado boards. in the mid-50's his father threatened to cut off his college tuition if he did not end his political involvement. as howard remembered it my dad put a couple of checks on the dining room table. the checks for the next year's tuition and said get out of activism and you can have those checks. and this is what howard did. i tore them up in his face, and that was the end of my college education, and it was at that time that howard became a labor activist. howard moved to san francisco in 1967, with his lover, roger. he continued to work in the antiwar movement as a organizer in opposition to the vietnam war and staff organizer

up and comer vladimir minae face a legion equal presenting them in the lance and this belt so the underdog provide even tougher opposition for the favorite in the first round the dutchman proved to be hard enough to crack for the russian in the second enough many have down in front of his home crowd but it's moments like this one true champus are made i mean it was skin to show his best and take it quite the next round. and clawed out one of the toughest victories of his career. and you know what you would see that just for me it's always harder to fight on home soil when there's a lot of hype around me with so many people cheering on it loads me with extra pressure plus my opponent was so spontaneous i couldn't read him and all of that was good nevertheless there was one man who stole the show both in and out of the rain making it look as easy as a walk in the park russia's biggest enemy hope in the bantamweight division ali the pointer but good enough prove his nickname in style as it to the russian twenty seven seconds to san andreas ben howard the canvas with a vicious upper cut and fi

it gave me a strong empathy with other underdogs that stuck with me all of my life.tually a junior in high school when he joined the local chapters of the naacp and he diagram onstraitd -- demonstrated leadership skills, managing the campaign of the first african-american candidate for the denver school board in 1955, working for the successful passage of colorado's fair employment law land serving on naacp denver and colorado boards. in the mid-50's his father threatened to cut off his college tuition if he did not end

underdogs these men and women a week in one of the longest unfortunately the loneliest road in the worldthey reenacting march into exile made by thousands of czarist russia. if i was here three hundred years ago i may have disappeared my local lord i may have deserted from the army or a variety of other crimes the result was the same like my fellow prisoners around me i've got a long and very cold walk ahead into exile in siberia it took them years to get there summers and winters entire years a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of omsk discovered they're living on the only surviving stretch of the original nine thousand kilometers of the siberian exiles track that's had no modern changes made to it have guinea discovered that he's descended from some of these exiles and decided to build a museum telling a story he and his re-enact is now receiving to us from all over the world to show them what it was like when these stories going to it's scary to put the shackles on of course but it's interesting if we don't remember our history we will have no fut

he really liked to help the underdog. anyway, i'm getting back to your previous question but as far as being a leader of the group, he knew about this opportunity. he went one day to adult prep school for the first homecoming event, and he met with a room, eczema, former roommate of his affairs to went to dartmouth. he tried to talk his friend into going with him. his friend decided not to go, but he did news of this opportunity back to dartmouth with him when he went back to school, and told his friends there who were very active in the interventionist movement about this opportunity. and they thought it over for a little while but not very long. they pretty much jumped at the chance. my uncle was sort of the linchpin of the group. he was the reason these dartmouth boys knew about the opportunity. but it wouldn't say he was exactly the leader. >> what did you learn about his experience before he actually did any fighting? i mean, wasn't through letters letters home, to research in england? how did you find out what exact

money funds and we still don't have it fixed the title one what we call title one this is nation's underdog frank and those are basically the regulators as a council a group with the super majority to say this large financial situation is systemic you've begun trouble it would get the rest of us in trouble so we need to put more regulation on there we need to say find out if they can be resolved in bankruptcy without hurting the rest of us that was kind of the type of situation that was meant to address that hasn't happened yet so yes the aspects of the shadow sector have not really been tackled the regulators sector has not really been tackled as much as it should have them and the problem is we're still looking in the rearview mirror trying to get these problems fixed for the credit crisis that we had two thousand and eight where as moving forward i think the really the interest rate risk. and the perhaps unintended consequence is this fear of attractive period of near zero interest rates that is the kind of the future thing that i'm worried about we're still looking you know backwards to

. >> reporter: and cardinals is the underdog. partly because of sanford's star.n to the top running back in the nation. >> a lot of guys get a big yardage after he has a fast start. he didn't have a fast start in the season but he picked up steam. he is quick, slippery, he runs with power and speed. he is quite a running back. >> just learning how to read his blockers in front of him. be patient and hit the holes really hard. >> it was cool, breezy and even drizzly at times today at the rose bowl. but rain or shine on tuesday, they expect as many as 90,000 fans for the 99th edition of the rose bowl. of that number, the majority will be stanford supporters. in pasadena, fred inglis for sports wrap. >> that is the sporting life for a sunday night. niners with a bye going to the play offs. exstatic about that and stanford against wisconsin just like it was on the first day of the new millennium. remember 2000, new year's day. the world was still here and stanford was playing wisconsin. >> i knew so many cardinal fans going down and everybody seemed to be going down

now home onto washington, where said redskins are favored over the now underdog ravens.reak is pretty much unheard of for baltimore. you have to go back three seasons to find the last time the ravens lost consecutive games. this year's team is still in second place. still in good position to make the play-offs which would be the fifth year in the row. but they say there is added reason to practice hard. they have a history of bouncing back. losing streaks are rare for them. >> probably a little extra urgency after a loss, for whatever reason. i don't know if it's a bad thing or a good thing. but we are. we're always cool, calm, collected and confident around here. >> it's never a good feeling when you lose. ue of but it's the way you take the loss. but i always take the approach as, what are you going to do, get better or worse from it? and we have been that kind of team to find a way to bounce back after a loss. >> trying to bounce back from injuries as well. linebacker terrell suggs participated in practice today. he's wearing jersey number 4, while haloti ngata wears

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and now it's onto washington, where the redskins are favored over the now underdog ravens. losing streak? pretty much unheard of for baltimore. you gotta go back three seasons to find the last time the ravens lost consecutive games. this year's team is still in first place, still in good position to make the play-offs, for what would be a fifth year in a row. but the players say there is a sense of urscrenszy to practice this week. that loss to pittsburgh was a significant setback. but the ravens have a history of bouncing back. losing streaks are a rarity for them. >> probably a little extra urgency for the loss. for whatever reason. i don't know if it's a bad thing or good thing. it's never a good feeling when you lose. but it's the way you take the loss. and i took the approach, what are you going to do, get better or worse from it? and we have been that kind of team to find a way. we've always found a way to bounce back after a loss. >> trying to bounce back from injury as well. linebacker terrell suggs. they're wearing jersey number 4. suggs says the torn biceps muscle

so you can look at the numberes and try to convince yourself to invest in the underdog, but the numbers tell you there's a reason why home depot has beat out lowe's 13 of the last 14 quarters. >> and lowe's won the cage match last decade, both with women and with contractores and pros. home depot in the last 1,000 days under the great leadership of frank blake has totally turned the tables. lowe's, when i gave a presentation to the chief marketers association in 2009, the lowe's people were arrogant, making disparaging remarks about home depot. >> so you're saying almost lowe's got cocky? >> too cocky. >> and it was over. >> maybe they got a little slow, a little comfortable, right? >> comfortable and what frank blake has done with this team is the strategy, the leadership, the marketing, the merchandising, it's the perfect retail reflection of the three founders who were the geniuses of category killer retailing. bernie marcus, arthur blank, tim langone and it's a total turn around from the mismanagement when the cage match was won by lowe's. >> so basically you're going with home depo

we always forget at the start of the 2008 cycle, obama was the underdog and he was going to lose.at was the conventional wisdom. clinton was the bigger front-runner and republicans treated her that way. they wanted to fight the clinton restoration. they were treating obama as this well-meaning, good-natured reformer who would get mowed down by the ruthless, vindictive clinton machine. i always remember the moment and late winter and early spring of 2008 when it became clear obama would beat her. suddenly the right conservatives, republicans saying she was a radical jane fonda suddenly rediscovered hillary clinton as a white working class hero. she was like franc rizzo all of a sudden. the story of the last four years for hillary clinton is republicans laid down for her, and democrats have started -- the democrats with obama and resented her then have gotten over t. the iraq thing is a distant memory. we thought she was the dwroefr whelming front-runner in '08. we were wrong. >> only hillary can stop hillary at this point. we talk about the republican war machine. this year or the

he'd been really just sort of a, an underdog in a lot of ways and he'd been so successful in that. there have been six current or former nfl players that have committed suicide in the past two years. which is an unprecedented number. what are they looking into as to the why behind all those? >>> well there has been some speculation about the role that perhaps traumatic head injuries, concussions may have played in this. there's no concrete evidence of that at all. but the nfl has been struggling with the issues of concussions for awhile. that is something that i'm sure they're going to be looking into. also this tragic issue of suicide among current and former players. definitely on the mind of chiefs players. we spoke through one who's been through this before. >> i've been through this situation earlier in the year, in tennessee with o.j. murdoch when i was with cincinnati, so i'm kind of used to this now. won't say used to it but i been in the situation before. so just continue to try to pray for the families that lost loved ones, and continue to go. >>> we need to talk to each

even individuals, major underdogs in the process, are vying to be taken seriously. a potential bidder declared his interest last week in a handwritten note filed with the bankruptcy court. hey, larry, whatever works. at stake are piecemeal brands, not the entire company. that possibility ended liquidation. wonder bread has drawn some of the most interest. they haul in roughly $500 million a year. far lucrative than twinkies which sees sales less than $70 million. many people are surprised to know twinkies aren't the most lucrative property but they are the most popular. the last shipment is happening in chicago tomorrow morning. 20,000 boxes. >> they are going to go like wildfire. >> you're flying there tonight. >> fedex for twinkies. many thanks, kayla. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> another food story but this is about food stamps. the number of americans using them has gone up astrono, ma'amcally despite the improving economy. could it be because the government is marketing food stamps, telling folks to go get them? don't answer until you hear what we have fo

even individuals, major underdogs in the process are vying to be taken seriously.in point of the widespread interest, one of the potential bidders declared his interest last week in a handwritten note filed with bankruptcy court. whatever works. i just hope that the bakers can recurse it. but we have twin tech entrepreneurs from florida who are putting together investors. as for what they're competing for, it will be a brand by brand fire sale. wonder bread has drawn some of the most interest early in the process. the unit holds in roughly $500 million a year. far more lucrative than twinkies who sees less 70 million bucks. if you can believe that. >> i do not. how many of us still eat twinkies. >> i don't eat twinkies. >> i'm eating more now that i've been covering this story. but it's all in the name of due diligence. >> you're doing research. >> thank you, kayla. and by the way, for an oscar winning actor, this has got to be a highlight of his career. >> absolutely. an oscar-winning performance i would say. >> jamie foxx donning a ding dong suit this weekend on

i mean, in the dictionary where they define "underdog," they've got the evx team as an example. >> hey, aren't you guys that high school team that built those cars? >> justin, you can work with me on this. okay, fuel, all right? so we gonna be aware that we're soldering over fuel. one of the things that happens when you build something, create something new is-is inevitably we use every last moment. and so there's always the last-minute rush to tie up loose ends. we gotta switch this over. check-off list, let's take a quick walkthrough. >> it was a very busy day. i mean, today was our first day actually been able to work on the cars in the garage. and, like, as soon as we got there, they put us straight to work. >> hey, sam! this is your job-- take off that cisco sticker. we're getting a different one. >> so tell us quickly, just tell us who you are. >> i'm simon hauger. i'm the director of the west philly hybrid x team. >> where does your team kind of fit into all this and how did you end up here? >> well, that's a long story. we've been in other competitions, and this was... it was r

cit carried the torch for the underdog, the person on the street, the family struggling to pay the bills, carried the torch of opportunity, equality and every budget negotiation, every legislative battle, every bi-partisan agreement. tip carried the personal manifestation of the american dream and carried the torch for everyone else who strive to achieve it. for tip standing on principle was not about political gain, but fighting for the voiceless and the aspirations of the middle-class. the effort to reform and save social security was not about figures on a page, but the seniors fighting to make ends meet. that is why i am so proud of what he did with president reagan to prolong the life of social security. for tip, floor debate were not about abstract numbers, they were about people, the consequences, the policy to their lives. those are values that enabled to the neil to leave his giant footprint, a giant footprint on the course of american history. this is the spirit that made him a legend, allowed him to help the middle class strive, assured his actions will strengthen the characte

the raiders, will have to face last year's without see more they are 8.5 underdogs to the panthers.er it started off slowly, newton has been on fire. he has thrown for nine touchdowns, and no interceptions. the panthers have had four victories out of the five games. dennis allen coach talks about the challenge newton presents for the defense. >> when they go back to throw the ball. they present a lot of challenges and obviously, this guy is extremely good at understanding and running mess and that is not what they do. all the time. he is running-this--it is even more difficult because there are so many other things that you have to worry about >> this annual tradition with packers shoveling out field at limbo. why not? they could be shareholders that limbo field. they received $10 per hour, stipend but there would probably do that for free to shovel out from lambeau... there are battling for the second seat. wolf, the a's owner, that he plans on staying there with the current lease up after the current season. he has asked for a five-year extension. he wants to go to san jose but th

get dizzy, why so serious ♪ ♪ so raise your glass if you are wrong in the right ways ♪ ♪ all my underdogsettle. settle. it is the "stephanie miller show." welcome it to. thirty-thirty minutes after the hour. hi, jacki schechner. look at my beaver. >> good morning. you know i came in just to see your beaver. >> stephanie: it's bucky the christmas beaver. >> i would not turn down -- i would not turn down the opportunity to see steph's beaver. >> no, and who would. >> kelby loves to focus on your beaver. >> stephanie: oh. by the way we missed their birthday. happy birthday. dory in massachusetts. >> caller: good morning, darling. today is my birthday and since i have the [ inaudible ] all over me, i would like to ask squeezy to wish me a happy birthday. [ heavy breathing ] >> what are you wearing? i bet you are in your birthday suit. >> stephanie: don't encourage him. for god's sake. what is going on with janet in georgia. welcome. >> caller: hi, steph and mooks i'm calling from a red state and i wanted to ask the health care geek what is going to happen now that our republican governor has

he like to help the underdog and anyway getting back to your previous question, as far as beating the leader of the group he knew about this opportunity. he went one day to his old prep school for their homecoming event and met with an nx remake, former roommate who was there that went to dartmouth. he tried to to talk his friend in the going with him. his friend decided not to go but he took news of this opportunity back to the dartmouth with him when he went back to school and told his friends there who were very active in the interventionist movement about this opportunity. they thought it over for a little while and not very long and pretty much jumped at the chance. by uncle was the lynchpin of the group. he was the reason and knew about the opportunity but i wouldn't say he was exactly the leader. >> what did you learn about his experience in england before he did any fighting? i mean was it through letters home, through research in england? how did you find out exactly what happened? >> he wrote home to his mother almost every week. letters of of two or three typed pages so the

best foot forward >> and it just for the record, the only other time they went into a game as an underdogn bay. td's, 0 int's point favorites over sf yesterday the brief 49ers career of brandon jacobs came to an abrupt end after the running back took to social media to bash the team it just did not work out. he ripped off jim harbaugh, the organization and obvious suspended. his what his ex teammate had to sta say. >> they do not want any distractions. they felt that he was a distraction and they had to do something about it. >> i usually try to stay away from that. it is distracting and people read that. >> this season is over. jacobs career consisted of 5 carries for 8 yards, for which he was paid $1.3 million.his suspension will cost him 3 game checks or roughly $300,000. the season is over for niners special teamer demarcus dobbs after he suffered a season ending knee injury in the first half of sundays 27-13 win over miami his knee bent back awkwardly on the play the 25 year old dobbs is a 2nd year pro and had 7 tackles this season. that is the one thing apart joropo. and i it is a j

. >> minnesota coming in as an underdog. bears, get jay cutler back.aving a good day. adrian peterson had a big day. really set the tone. rushed for 65, 70 yard on the opening drive. cap it off with a touchdown run. look the bears have been so good defensively this year. so good at taking the football away. give credit to minnesota at hem today. they didn't make mistakes. they didn't gicve the bears the opportunity. for jay cutler. the pressure on him. pressured. had to get rid of the football quicker. throws a pick six. and minnesota goes on to win it. cutler was pulled from the game late. i think more for precautionary measures to keep him healthy. a game they probably thought that they couldn't win at that point. but, give credit to minnesota. lot of people didn't think they were in the bears' league. a lot of people picked chicago. i was one. give a lot of credit to the vikings. >> last on tap? >> game of the day, baltimore/washington. when we started doing the segment, beginning of the year, them and the 49ers. what i saw, disappointing down the s

he really liked to help the underdog. so getting back to your previous question. as far as being a leader of the group, he knew about the opportunity. he went one day to his own prep school and he met with an ex-roommate who was there. he went to dartmouth. he tried to talk his friend in common with him. his friend decided not to go. he took the opportunity back with him when he went back to school. and he told his friends they are after the interventionist movement about this opportunity. and they responded. they pretty much jumped at the chance. so my uncle was sort of the linchpin of the group. he was the reason that he knew about the opportunity. but i wouldn't say he exactly believe it. >> what did you learn about his experience for they did any fighting? >> was it your mother's home or research that he found out in england, how did you find out what happened? >> went home to his mother almost every week. two or three pages of letters, a lot of material to read. i went to the regimental museum, the rifle corps, they got documents and recorded everything. they

i imagine his success is the inability to see himself anything other than an underdog.e said i really believe that was a fluke and refuse to believe i have arrived. in a way, i've been hanging on by my fingertips for the entire ride here yet you will be glad to know that this award was not supposed to go to robert redford. here has one. [laughter] -- he already has one. dustinght we honored tu hoffman, who has finally arrived. [applause] if you ask david letterman what is it like to tape a show, he says it is going well, it just which you. it is not going well, it things you. my favorite hour of the day. it is unclear how he feels about this hour. it is different when you're not the one with the microphone. isn't it? you're looking a little stressed, aren't you? i would also point out it is a lot warmer than on dave's set. i have enjoyed my time in "the ed sullivan theater." he it celebrated 30 years, the only person to reach that milestone besides johnny carson. he will be the first to tell you he is no person and all the years on television have only made him apprecia

. >> he's seen as an underdog. >> reporter: some grammy voters may not realize that justin bieber isr co-wrote every track but one on his album, for example. he played a ton of different instruments on his album. i think that maybe people have the wrong idea about that. ♪ i thought you'd always be mine ♪ >> reporter: the former baby-faced singer has grown up. now his 18 his voice on his third album are believed more mature. ♪ as long as you love me ♪ i'll be your platinum ♪ i'll be your silver ♪ i'll be your gold >> reporter: the grammy board had no comment on their decision. but on twitter, bieber's manager, scooter braun, had words for them. "i just plain disagree. the kid deserved it. grammy board you blew it. the kid delivered." two years ago he lost to jazz singer esperanza spalding. during a recent interview on "oprah's next chapter," bieber said winning a grammy is a goal. >> a grammy because i have not won yet. that would be really cool. >> reporter: justin bieber still has plenty of time to win a grammy. even if he never does, he'll be in good company. legends such as diana

the contest that grips the nation for a month of nail-biting buzzer beaters and underdog heroics notf heart. ncaa basketball has never lacked for high drama. >> called a time-out -- >> jordan from outside. laettner as time ran out. the team and a coach who never gave up. >>. >> they won it! >> the real-life hoosier. the 1979 upset of indiana powerhouse amidst the first clash of the sport's two titans. a team of davids that pass, pass, and struck down their goliath. and another lifted in the winning moments of round one. >> the 15th seed -- >> the champions crowned and a sigh of relief. >> oh! >> for 75 years, march madness has kept fans and players on the edge of their seats. >> the king of the dance. >> jimnant h noonts has seen a that in person. welcome. i was going to start by saying what's so great about the final four, but we saw what's great about the final four. >> you got me fired up. we're in the stretch drive of the nfl season. suddenly i'm charged about basketball in this special year. >> the season is underway. indiana's tops and duke is number two, as we look at the -- >

in a country that's always favored the underdog, we haven't really put much thought into this, have we? this fiscal cliff fight is going to end one way or another and then the real work begins. immigration reform is ahead. let's keep the conversation going. find us on facebook and twitter. our handle is cnn bottom line. "cnn saturday morning" continues now with the top stories we're watching. >>> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is "cnn saturday morning." some are calling it the next roe v. wade or brown v. board of education. the issue the u.s. supreme court agreed to take on that will make history. >> all of those who argued for nonintervention because of the things that might happen have now happened because we failed to intervene. >>> when is enough enough? that is the question many are asking about syria, as the death toll climbs and concerns mount over chemical weapons. now some lawmakers are saying it may be too late to stop mass destruction. >>> and a toddler taken from the only parents she ever knew because of a little known federal law. now they're fighting to get

delighted. 14,000 farms and ranches to tremendous military installations by colleges and universities, "underdogsand indian tribes and the best college football team in america up. i would argue with your statistics but i do think i broadly reflect what people in my district thing. i won with 60% of the vote for guys say the same thing today as the town meeting. saying that that the ryan budget gets rid of the social programs it is about saving them. medicare and medicaid all have to be structurally reform if the president list assume he gets every tax position it would not come close to solve the budgetary problem to protect 98% of the people republicans had courage to put the ryan budget on the table we need to see that same kind of courage from the democrats with entitlement spending. the speaker has moved along way that they were not willing to do he tried to do that with the after december december 2011 stood to recognize the power is divided that the end of the day you cannot do it with taxes but reform. >>host: that is the first line from this proposal for a 300 billion a tax reform. refor

. >> the bcs is the team disrespected and underdog has heard for five or six or seven weeks, you haveo chance. you don't belong in the game. very frequently that's been a strong motivating factor. maybe it's been the reason why there have been a fair number of upsets in games like this. that's a dramatic example. there have been other examples as well. ohio state beating another miami team more recently than that. >> i never thought texas was going to beat usc in '03-04. >> bigger picture, chris s-what's the answer to the question why the s.e.c. is so dominant and they seem to win in the end? when you look at it, california has grate athletes and texas has great athletes. why has this s.e.c. so much better than everybody else the last decade? >> that's a big question. i can bore you with talk of it. that's part of that. i think football is still very, very important at a high school level, at a youth level in the south all across the region more so than other regions. you see the football is a generalization, but in some ways shrinking in importance in other parts of the country. this

they have got a heck of challenge from the i phone 5 and android phones out there everyone loves an underdoght you carl? >> depends. it depends on which way the stock's moving. that's for sure, jon. jon ford joining us from san hose >>> from apple tv to row kurk the way we consume media in this country is shifting to one where the consumer decides when and where they watch their favorite shows. the roku player is a set top box that streams movies you tv shows, music to tvs via a wifi or ethernet connection. we are joined this morning from mountain view, california, by anthony. good morning to you. >> morning. >> business come a long way since you decided you wanted to watch "star trek" the next generation when and where you wanted to watch it, right? >> yeah, the world of tv is changing a lot. we are seeing a huge shift of tv distribution shifting from, you know, first it was over the air, then it was cable and satellite and i think the next few years, most tv distributed over the internet, a big change and create lots of opportunities for companies like roku. >> where do you place yourself